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Pricing Options Using Lattice Rules

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  • Phelim Boyle
  • Yongzeng Lai
  • Ken Seng Tan

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There are many examples of option contracts in which the payoff depends on several stochastic variables. These options often can be priced by the valuation of multidimensional integrals. Quasi–Monte Carlo methods are an effective numerical tool for this task. We show that, when the dimensions of the problem are small (say, less than 10), a special type of quasi–Monte Carlo known as the lattice rule method is very efficient. We provide an overview of lattice rules, and we show how to implement this method and demonstrate its efficiency relative to standard Monte Carlo and classical quasi–Monte Carlo. To maximize the efficiency gains, we show how to exploit the regularity of the integrand through a periodization technique. We demonstrate the superior efficiency of the method both in the estimation of prices as well as in the estimation of partial derivatives of these prices (the so-called Greeks). In particular this approach provides good estimates of the second derivative (the gamma) of the price in contrast to traditional Monte Carlo methods, which normally yield poor estimates. Although this method is not new, it appears that the advantages of lattice rules in the context of insurance and finance applications have not been fully appreciated in the literature.

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  • Phelim Boyle & Yongzeng Lai & Ken Seng Tan, 2005. "Pricing Options Using Lattice Rules," North American Actuarial Journal, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(3), pages 50-76.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:uaajxx:v:9:y:2005:i:3:p:50-76
    DOI: 10.1080/10920277.2005.10596211
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    1. Zhang, Ling & Lai, Yongzeng & Zhang, Shuhua & Li, Lin, 2019. "Efficient control variate methods with applications to exotic options pricing under subordinated Brownian motion models," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 602-621.
    2. Pierre L’Ecuyer, 2009. "Quasi-Monte Carlo methods with applications in finance," Finance and Stochastics, Springer, vol. 13(3), pages 307-349, September.
    3. Han, Chuan-Hsiang & Lai, Yongzeng, 2010. "A smooth estimator for MC/QMC methods in finance," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), Elsevier, vol. 81(3), pages 536-550.
    4. Guangming Xue & Bin Qin & Guohe Deng, 2018. "Valuation on an Outside-Reset Option with Multiple Resettable Levels and Dates," Complexity, Hindawi, vol. 2018, pages 1-13, April.

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